2016 Product of the Year Finalists: Vote for this year’s best products

Who will win gold in 2016? Consulting-Specifying Engineer announces the finalists for the 12th annual Product of the Year competition, and readers will have the final word. Cast your votes online here.

By Amanda Pelliccione, Project Manager April 14, 2016

Another year of innovation and technological advancement has led up to the 12th annual Product of the Year awards. This year, companies submitted their new and improved products to be judged for this distinguished honor. Here, we have listed the finalists in each of the 15 categories. It is now up to Consulting-Specifying Engineer readers to determine which products will stand out from the crowd and win gold, silver, and bronze.

Vote for the products you feel are the best in their categories by June 30, 2016. Then cast a separate vote for the Most Valuable Product of 2016 for the overall winner. The results will appear in September 2016 in print and online.

Finalists by category

  • Air movement, dehumidification, humidification
  • Apps for engineers
  • BAS, controls, energy management
  • Chillers
  • Electrical distribution
  • Emergency, onsite, standby power
  • Fire, life safety, mass notification
  • Fuses, breakers, circuit protection
  • HVAC/R
  • Lighting and luminaires
  • Lighting controls
  • Plumbing and water management
  • Software: design, modeling, analysis
  • Test instruments, meters, data loggers
  • Variable frequency drives, variable speed drives